500: Chapter 498 Charging Up an Arrow

[You have killed World Traitor · White Tiger]

As the System's kill notification appeared, Chu Xuan, just as before the Dream Return, gained 9,600 spirituality value and 3 rule fragments.

[You have triggered the Talent "Strong Plunder." Do you choose to obtain the Exclusive Skill "Killing Instinct"?

Killing Instinct LV.1: You are highly sensitive to killing intent and attacks directed at you; your body will react instinctively.]

—Yes.

Chu Xuan did not hesitate for a moment and chose to obtain it immediately.

[You have obtained the Exclusive Skill "Killing Instinct LV.1." Your base neural reaction speed has been permanently increased by 1%.]

[Your number of exchangeable real attribute points has increased by 1. Remaining exchangeable attributes: 15]

When Chu Xuan discovered he had obtained another Exclusive Skill, he felt a slight joy in his heart.

This wasn't just because the number of exchangeable real attribute had increased by 1 again.

It was also because back when he faced King Dona of the War Dragon World, Chu Xuan had coveted this skill immensely; it was precisely because of this skill that his battle against the King had been extremely difficult.

Before this Dream Return, when fighting White Tiger, he also felt it was somewhat taxing despite his attributes exceeding the opponent's, simply because the other party possessed this skill.

It was only after this Dream Return, with his attributes reaching a level of complete suppression, that he was able to kill him so easily.

Immediately after, Chu Xuan saw the prompt "base neural reaction speed permanently increased by 1%," and he understood the core essence of [Killing Instinct].

At this moment, Chu Xuan's base neural reaction speed had reached a permanent increase of 6%.

Now, Chu Xuan could even easily perceive the flow of the surrounding air and was extremely sensitive to localized, subtle changes.

Having no time to carefully experience the specific improvements this Exclusive Skill brought to his body, Chu Xuan raised his hand and fired three Slashes.

Zhou Chong and the other three, who had been left with a breath of life and hadn't been killed by Chu Xuan yet, died on the spot, burned into nothingness by the Fire of Nirvana.

Because White Tiger was dead, all the spirituality value from the deaths of these three now belonged to Chu Xuan.

He obtained over 12,000 spirituality value and 3 rule fragments all at once.

[Current spirituality value: 35,820]

[Current rule fragments owned: 6]

Not only that, under the effect of the Talent [Strong Plunder], he gained another skill.

[You have triggered the Talent Strong Plunder. Do you choose to consume 1,000 spirituality value to obtain the Transcendent Skill "Steal LV.1"?]

—Yes.

Chu Xuan's eyes flickered slightly.

Killing four people and gaining two Transcendent Skills.

The trigger probability of [Strong Plunder] was truly not small. In Chu Xuan's view, it was not inferior to Azure Dragon's [Copy], and in some ways, it was even superior.

Now possessing a large amount of spirituality value, Chu Xuan stopped being conservative and immediately spent 200 spirituality value to first raise "Unyielding" to its current maximum level, "LV.3."

[Unyielding LV.3: When your health points are not lower than 30%, your various base attributes will not weaken because of it.]

Next, he spent another 300 spirituality value to raise [Myriad Forms] to LV.3.

[Myriad Forms LV.3: You can consume 10 spirituality value to freely control your appearance, body shape, physiological characteristics, etc., changing into any creature you have seen. This can be maintained for 12 hours; for every 1-hour delay, an additional 10 spirituality value must be consumed.

Note: When you change your form, if the change in volume and weight differs too much from your original body, your various base attributes will be weakened to varying degrees, and the consumed spirituality value will increase accordingly.]

Seeing the skill description of [Myriad Forms], Chu Xuan felt it was quite unique; this skill was far stronger than it was at Level 1.

[Your number of exchangeable real attribute points has increased by 3. Remaining exchangeable attributes: 18]

The corners of Chu Xuan's mouth curled up slightly.

This True Authority derived from an Evil God granted exchangeable real attribute points with every upgrade; this was his true intention for raising the levels of [Unyielding] and [Myriad Forms].

He directly consumed 18,000 spirituality value to exchange all of them, obtaining 18 freely distributable real attribute.

—System, give me stamina +1, strength +7, agility +10

All the newly obtained attribute points were distributed.

In an instant, Chu Xuan's body trembled slightly.

A long-lost pain and pulling sensation struck. Chu Xuan's face turned slightly pale; although he could still maintain his combat strength, it served as a reminder.

Previously, his body had been tempered by the Fire of Nirvana, laying a foundation so that increasing ordinary attributes basically wouldn't cause any abnormalities or discomfort.

But after advancing, increasing real attribute was completely different; he would have to be cautious in the future.

All of this happened quickly, though it sounds slow.

From Chu Xuan showing weakness and leading White Tiger into a trap step by step until finally killing him, less than a minute had passed.

The surrounding people were still worrying about Chu Xuan, not expecting White Tiger to be gone in the blink of an eye; they hadn't reacted for a moment.

"Gaga! Leave this one to me!"

Gaga Chicken, who had just "fainted," suddenly flipped over and jumped up, pouncing on Chen Xueying to end her life.

Only then did everyone suddenly realize.

It turned out that everything just now was an act by Chu Xuan and that chicken.

Recalling White Tiger's strange behavior of constantly giving away treasures earlier, many people had already guessed the reason and couldn't help but praise them.

Everyone gathered around, greeting Chu Xuan with compliments or bows.

The powerful strength Chu Xuan displayed this time once again won everyone over.

"Everyone move aside, this is my Big Brother!" Qin Shaowu grinned broadly and walked over with Zhang Qiang. His face was full of pride and smugness as he deliberately looked into the photographer's lens.

Zhang Qiang didn't speak, but his gaze toward Chu Xuan was filled with relief and emotion.

The others knew that Chu Xuan used to belong to the Haicheng Night Watchers and had deep ties with Zhang Qiang, Qin Shaowu, and the others, so their eyes were filled with intense envy.

Chu Xuan slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

By now, all of his real attribute had reached 30 points.

With a thought, he consumed another 300 spirituality value to raise the Transcendent Skill [Steal] to LV.3, then beckoned with his hand.

The [indestructible flowing shadow] and [Do Not Move] left on the ground not far away instantly flew into his hand.

For Chu Xuan at this moment, unless he could obtain True Authority, the Steal skill wouldn't increase his combat strength much even if raised to Level 5.

However, using it for remote Object Attraction was quite convenient.

"The capital is currently suffering from an outbreak of Specters. You all take action and go deal with them..."

Chu Xuan gave the order, and everyone immediately responded, taking their respective actions.

As he spoke, Chu Xuan's gaze shifted to a dying old man who had appeared at some point on a street bench hundreds of meters away.

"Yang Yu truly didn't misjudge you. Your growth speed is even faster than I imagined..."

Yan Guofa looked over with a smile in his eyes. His voice sounded somewhat weak, but with Chu Xuan's current perception, he could clearly distinguish it.

Chu Xuan nodded slightly in acknowledgment but didn't speak.

A light flashed in his hand as he took out a large bow from his Exclusive Space; it had a pitch-black base interwoven with gold and red patterns.

He pulled the bowstring, forming an arrow from a Slash and wrapping it in the Fire of Nirvana.

He pointed the arrow toward the southeastern sky.

Charging!

[Your spirituality value -40]

[Your spirituality value -40]

[...]

As his spirituality value was continuously consumed, the longbow on the string became more solid, emitting heart-palpitating fluctuations. Chu Xuan's killing intent was stirred and condensed upon the arrow.

Before the others had even moved far away, they felt their scalps go numb and looked back in surprise.

Just as people were wondering what was happening.

In the sky to the southeast, a crack over ten meters long appeared.

A large amount of black mist surged out from within.

"Everyone on alert, a Gloom Invasion!"

"Wait, the mist is dissipating again..."

"Be careful of powerful Specters entering the field and turning this into a forbidden zone..."

Everyone shouted, their expressions extremely grave.

"Rank suppression has been lifted?"

A strange laughter rang out. As the black mist faded, a man's head as large as a water vat squeezed out; it was covered in scars, and there were dense ice crystals on his face.

Along with the spreading of a chilling frost.

The continuous drizzle within a thousand-meter radius all turned into tiny ice shards.

"Hmm? Such strong killing intent..." The man's voice paused as he suddenly looked toward Chu Xuan. His pupils constricted sharply, and he immediately tried to retreat back into the crack.

Chu Xuan's expression was calm as he released the bowstring.

BOOM—!!!

This arrow had been charged for a long time.

It arrived instantaneously.